In my RTTS season, in Game 5 of the ALDS, our 75-rated #5 starting pitcher was pulled to in the 6th inning after we got down 2-0. Our AI manager brought in our 64-rated middle reliever (lowest rated pitcher on the staff by far), and as expected, he gave up 3 runs without getting an out.
Then, our AI mgr brought in our 75-rated long reliever, who pitched 1 1/3 innings and gave up 3 runs, putting us down 8-0. After that, our other 2 middle relievers came in and gave up another run to mop up the biggest game of our season.
It would be nice if the AI managers would use the “all hands on deck” rationale for choosing relievers in the deciding game of a postseason series.
We had our 90-rated ace on 5 days rest who didn’t throw a pitch in the game (he should’ve been starting the game, but that’s a well-documented problem with The Show that I’ll get to later).
We had our 86-rated #2 starting pitcher on 4 days rest who didn’t throw a pitch in the game.
We had 2 healthy setup men rated 88 and 81 and a closer rated 86 who didn’t throw a pitch in the game. They were both well-rested and had anywhere from 1-6 days rest and none of them had pitched more than 1 1/3 innings during the entire series. The 88-rated setup man didn’t even throw a single pitch during the entire series.
I know it’s probably very complex to write some code that only applies to deciding games in the postseason, but hopefully with the next gen consoles, this can be done.
As far as shortening starting rotations during the postseason like virtually every MLB team does in real life, my opponent did it, but my team didn’t!
My opponent started the same pitcher (85 rating) in games 1 and 5. They skipped their lowest rated starter (81 rating), who was healthy.
Why wouldn’t my team do the same and skip our 75-rated #5 starter in favor of our 90-rated ace?
In Game 1 of the series, our ace threw 8 innings, gave up 1 run and only faced 28 batters. His pitch count was around 100, his stamina rating is 76, and he had FIVE days rest.
My opponent’s starter faced 23 batters and got shelled, likely threw around 90 pitches in Game 1. His stamina rating is 78, only 2 points higher than my ace.
Just doesn’t make sense that the AI kind of inexplicably chooses to shorten their rotation sometimes and not shorten it other times. It shows that the code CAN use 4-man rotations in the postseason, it just doesn’t do it consistently.
In fact, after Game 4, the probable starters for Game 5 on my calendar showed my ace vs their pitcher who started Game 1. At some point between Game 4 and Game 5, the AI switched our starter and left my opponent’s starter as scheduled. There were no injuries to any of the pitchers involved during the series.
No animals were harmed during the writing of this post.
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Then, our AI mgr brought in our 75-rated long reliever, who pitched 1 1/3 innings and gave up 3 runs, putting us down 8-0. After that, our other 2 middle relievers came in and gave up another run to mop up the biggest game of our season.
It would be nice if the AI managers would use the “all hands on deck” rationale for choosing relievers in the deciding game of a postseason series.
We had our 90-rated ace on 5 days rest who didn’t throw a pitch in the game (he should’ve been starting the game, but that’s a well-documented problem with The Show that I’ll get to later).
We had our 86-rated #2 starting pitcher on 4 days rest who didn’t throw a pitch in the game.
We had 2 healthy setup men rated 88 and 81 and a closer rated 86 who didn’t throw a pitch in the game. They were both well-rested and had anywhere from 1-6 days rest and none of them had pitched more than 1 1/3 innings during the entire series. The 88-rated setup man didn’t even throw a single pitch during the entire series.
I know it’s probably very complex to write some code that only applies to deciding games in the postseason, but hopefully with the next gen consoles, this can be done.
As far as shortening starting rotations during the postseason like virtually every MLB team does in real life, my opponent did it, but my team didn’t!
My opponent started the same pitcher (85 rating) in games 1 and 5. They skipped their lowest rated starter (81 rating), who was healthy.
Why wouldn’t my team do the same and skip our 75-rated #5 starter in favor of our 90-rated ace?
In Game 1 of the series, our ace threw 8 innings, gave up 1 run and only faced 28 batters. His pitch count was around 100, his stamina rating is 76, and he had FIVE days rest.
My opponent’s starter faced 23 batters and got shelled, likely threw around 90 pitches in Game 1. His stamina rating is 78, only 2 points higher than my ace.
Just doesn’t make sense that the AI kind of inexplicably chooses to shorten their rotation sometimes and not shorten it other times. It shows that the code CAN use 4-man rotations in the postseason, it just doesn’t do it consistently.
In fact, after Game 4, the probable starters for Game 5 on my calendar showed my ace vs their pitcher who started Game 1. At some point between Game 4 and Game 5, the AI switched our starter and left my opponent’s starter as scheduled. There were no injuries to any of the pitchers involved during the series.
No animals were harmed during the writing of this post.
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